Stephanie Lieggi

Stephanie Lieggi is the Executive Director of the Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she has worked since 2016. She leads initiatives that support academic-based open source projects and has established mentorship programs like the Open Source Research Experience (OSRE). In 2022, Stephanie took on the additional role of leading UCSC's Open Source Program Office (OSPO), supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Her efforts have been instrumental in creating a system-wide network of OSPOs across the University of California, backed by significant financial support. Stephanie’s work includes co-chairing the CHAOSS University Working Group and contributing to UCSC's National Science Foundation Pathways to Enable Open Source Ecosystem (POSE) grant. She holds a master’s degree in International Policy Studies from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California, San Diego.